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Car-Nut
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:23 pm
Mines looking a bit old....... as it is
Where can I get new one?
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Theo
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Rosc0PColtrane
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:25 pm
Dealer?
I hear they pop off quite easily.
New badge, new clips pop back on.
Think there's a couple zoners who know of a good trick to get the roundel off safely.
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Car-Nut
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:26 pm
Cheers Theo......
I thought some one might know a cheap place though dont know what BMW charge .
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d6dph
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:33 pm
Really not expensive at the dealers, Think they are around £10.
Held in by two pegs on the back of the badge which push into rubber grommets in the bonnet, I put a couple of blobs of dum dum on the back to make sure it sits nicely and doesn't rub the paint below.
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everhard
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:34 pm
TRY FLEA BAY IVE SEEN THEM ON THERE BEFORE PRETTY CHEAP IF I REMEBER RIGHTLY!
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jcjdavis1
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:07 pm
Hi ECP less than a tenner.Try putting fishing line under old badge to help ease out.
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munky30
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:14 pm
I used a screwdriver to lever mine out from the top. It snapped in half.
duke wrote:
I could throw a spastic round a corner with better precision
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gra325i
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:27 pm
course, you can always open the bonnet and push the pins out from under the bonnet, thus avoiding any damage to exterior surfaces

cheap badges ime are always plastic and the finish doesnt last 2 minutes..neighbour just paid £14.35 for genuine badge from dealer in Dundee


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gazza
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:30 pm
you must be very lucky as my bonnet is double skinned and you cant get near the badge
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gra325i
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:35 pm
ive got three e30s and i can get to them all??? weird eh?


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peejay
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:45 am
gra325i wrote:ive got three e30s and i can get to them all??? weird eh?

That is wierd, i have swapped and changed badges loads of times never seen the pins through on the inside of the bonnet before....?

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gooner1
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:20 pm
On my bonnet where the badge sits it has four holes for the badge pins but have yet to find a badge with four pins

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mrLEE30
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:07 pm
all my E30's i ever owned including here and in uk allow the badge to be pushed out from inside the bonnet.
failing that (and when you want to remove the boot badge where the inside is not reachable due to double skin) use string underneath and pull it upwards (may help to use two pieces top and bootom half of the badge)
Munky30 you are clearly a bit of an animal, do you live anywhere near Sparkwell Animal Santuary/park??

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munky30
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:22 pm
I took it out with the intention of smoothing the recess and respraying the car... had I been doing it to replace it I would have been a tad more delicate.

duke wrote:
I could throw a spastic round a corner with better precision
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Jay07
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:50 pm
I cant get access to the pins from under the bonnet! Had to pry it off! 11 squid for a new one...same with the boot but that one came off easy....the bonnet badge was a b!tch!
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gra325i
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:14 pm
ignore the rust (being dealt with soon) but if you look you can see the silver pins poking through the black gromits that hold them in place


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peejay
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:21 pm
Ok Gra, I see it now.
First time though!

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cliffybabe
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:45 am
when i remove dmy front emblem i drilled a small hole intot he surface of the badge then put a screw into it and pulle dit off using the screw


Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
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Rosc0PColtrane
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:58 am
cliffybabe wrote:when i remove dmy front emblem i drilled a small hole intot he surface of the badge then put a screw into it and pulle dit off using the screw

Over engineered!!
Cool though!!
Cliffy, how about a chrome roundel with the letters and the rotors etched or embossed onto it???
Reckon would be just the thing for your car!! Oh and chrome those tech 1 side skirts, you know it makes sense!
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gra325i
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:05 pm
Over engineered!!
in true bmw style eh?

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cliffybabe
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:06 pm
blatantarrogance wrote:cliffybabe wrote:when i remove dmy front emblem i drilled a small hole intot he surface of the badge then put a screw into it and pulle dit off using the screw

Over engineered!!
Cool though!!
Cliffy, how about a chrome roundel with the letters and the rotors etched or embossed onto it???
Reckon would be just the thing for your car!! Oh and chrome those tech 1 side skirts, you know it makes sense!

watch this space, There alreayd a new badge on order


Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go